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Archdiocese of Cochabamba

Archidioecesis Cochabambensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes, Archbishop
  • Juan Gómez, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Víctor Iván Vargas Galarza, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Tito Solari Capellari, S.D.B., Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 30 July 1975
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Bolivia
  • Square Kilometers: 32,306 (12,478 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.iglesiacbba.org/
  • Mailing Address: Arzobispado, Casilla 129, Av. Heroinas 0152, esquina Zenteno Anaya, Cochabamba, Bolivia
  • Telephone: (04)425-6562/3; 425-0522
  • Fax: 425-0522

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Cochabamba
25 June 1847ErectedDiocese of Cochabamba (erected)
18 June 1943Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Cochabamba (from Sucra to La Paz)
11 December 1961Territory LostDiocese of Cochabamba Territorial Prelature of Aiquile (erected)
Archdiocese of Cochabamba
30 July 1975ElevatedDiocese of Cochabamba Archdiocese of Cochabamba

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Cochabamba
1950500,000680,00073.5%6523885,6813417653ap1951
1965435,300460,86094.5%48951433,04415936749ap1967
1968574,092593,77496.7%69901593,61015838143ap1971
Archdiocese of Cochabamba
1976660,000677,14697.5%55901454,55117029854ap1977
1980656,929699,76293.9%521161683,91022538856ap1981
1990856,900905,27094.7%521301824,708125843360ap1991
19991,038,2751,202,60086.3%931862793,7211058361463ap2000
20001,057,6371,230,25986.0%931842773,8181150062266ap2001
20011,076,0281,253,11885.9%711692404,4831348262568ap2002
20021,077,3081,267,42285.0%781602384,5261744363272ap2003
20031,322,5131,455,71190.8%771602375,5801738765172ap2004
20041,325,8611,455,71191.1%801602405,5241640666172ap2005
20061,390,3001,524,00091.2%912143054,5581756868973ap2007
20131,593,0001,732,00092.0%962203165,0413256170673ap2014
20161,675,0001,850,54290.5%1002053055,4913451693673ap2017
20191,582,2741,929,60282.0%961932895,4743444467074ap2020
20211,639,2801,999,54082.0%1031462496,5833641167074ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Cochabamba
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 144
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 35, Page 388, to Page 390
  • Archdiocese of Cochabamba
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 67, Page 518, and Page 519

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